Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions executable by a processor of an information processing device, the information processing device comprising a storage, an operation interface, a display, and a communication interface configured to communicate with a plurality of devices, the program instructions being configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing device to: set a first device selected from among the plurality of devices as a target device to perform a particular process registered in the storage, the particular process containing a sequence of processes, the particular process being registered in association with one or more specific functions used for the sequence of processes among a plurality of functions of the first device and with setting values for the one or more specific functions; when receiving an operation to change the target device from the first device to a second one of the plurality of devices via the operation interface, obtain specifications of the second device, from the second device; obtain, from the storage, the one or more specific functions used for the sequence of processes contained in the particular process and the setting values for the one or more specific functions; determine whether the second device is capable of performing the particular process executable by the first device if the target device to perform the particular process is changed from the first device to the second device, based on the obtained specifications of the second device, the obtained one or more specific functions and the obtained setting values; control the display to display a result of the determination as to whether the second device is capable of performing the particular process; and control the display to display one or more devices having a better condition for performing the particular process than the target device even though the target device is capable of performing the particular process, wherein when determining that the second device is uncapable of performing the particular process, cause the display to display a screen having a restoring button and a device re-selection button, the restoring button for selecting the first device and the device re-selection button for selecting another of the plurality of devices.
2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the program instructions are further configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing device to: when determining that the second device is capable of performing the particular process, set the second device as the target device, and send an instruction to perform the particular process to the second device; and when not receiving the operation to change the target device, send the instruction to perform the particular process to the first device.
3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the program instructions are further configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing device to: when a default device for the information processing device is selected from among the plurality of devices and is set as the target device, receive an operation to change the default device from one device to another among the plurality of devices; and determine whether the changed default device is capable of performing the particular process.
4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the program instructions are further configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing device to: control the display to display an icon for checking whether the second device is capable of performing the particular process; and in response to receiving an operation to the icon via the operation interface, determine whether the second device is capable of performing the particular process.
5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the program instructions are further configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing device to: when determining that the second device is uncapable of performing the particular process, control the display to display selectable setting options executable by the second device, instead of a setting inexecutable by the second device among settings for the particular process.
6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 5 , wherein the program instructions are further configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing device to: receive a selection from among the selectable setting options displayed on the display; and send an instruction to perform the particular process containing the selected setting option, to the second device.
7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the program instructions are further configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing device to: when determining that the second device is uncapable of performing the particular process, retrieve one or more devices capable of performing the particular process from among the plurality of devices; and send an instruction to perform the particular process to a selected one of the retrieved one or more devices.
8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the program instructions are further configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing device to: determine whether firmware of the target device has been updated; when determining that the firmware of the target device has been updated, obtain specifications of the target device with the updated firmware incorporated; control the display to display the obtained specifications of the target device; receive one or more setting values selected from the displayed specifications of the target device with the updated firmware incorporated; and send an instruction to perform the particular process for which settings have been changed with the received one or more setting values, to the target device.
9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein the better condition is a larger number of selectable setting values for the particular process than the target device.
10. An information processing device comprising: a storage; an operation interface; a display; a communication interface configured to communicate with a plurality of devices; and a controller comprising a hardware processor configured to: set a first device selected from among the plurality of devices as a target device to perform a particular process registered in the storage, the particular process containing a sequence of processes, the particular process being registered in association with one or more specific functions used for the sequence of processes among a plurality of functions of the first device and with setting values for the one or more specific functions; when receiving an operation to change the target device from the first device to a second one of the plurality of devices via the operation interface, obtain specifications of the second device, from the second device; obtain, from the storage, the one or more specific functions used for the sequence of processes contained in the particular process and the setting values for the one or more specific functions; determine whether the second device is capable of performing the particular process executable by the first device if the target device to perform the particular process is changed from the first device to the second device, based on the obtained specifications of the second device, the obtained one or more specific functions and the obtained setting values; control the display to display a result of the determination as to whether the second device is capable of performing the particular process; and control the display to display one or more devices having a better condition for performing the particular process than the target device even though the target device is capable of performing the particular process, wherein when determining that the second device is uncapable of performing the particular process, cause the display to display a screen having a restoring button and a device re-selection button, the restoring button for selecting the first device and the device re-selection button for selecting another of the plurality of devices.
11. The information processing device according to claim 10 , wherein the controller comprises: a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to: set the first device as the target device; when receiving the operation to change the target device, obtain specifications of the second device, from the second device; obtain, from the storage, the one or more specific functions used for the sequence of processes contained in the particular process and the setting values for the one or more specific functions; determine whether the second device is capable of performing the particular process executable by the first device if the target device to perform the particular process is changed from the first device to the second device, based on the obtained specifications of the second device, the obtained one or more specific functions and the obtained setting values; control the display to display the result of the determination as to whether the second device is capable of performing the particular process; and control the display to display one or more devices having a better condition for performing the particular process than the target device even though the target device is capable of performing the particular process, wherein when determining that the second device is uncapable of performing the particular process, cause the display to display a screen having a restoring button and a device re-selection button, the restoring button for selecting the first device and the device re-selection button for selecting another of the plurality of devices.
12. A method implementable on a processor of an information processing device comprising a storage, an operation interface, a display, and a communication interface configured to communicate with a plurality of devices, the method comprising: setting a first device selected from among the plurality of devices as a target device to perform a particular process registered in the storage, the particular process containing a sequence of processes, the particular process being registered in association with one or more specific functions used for the sequence of processes among a plurality of functions of the first device and with setting values for the one or more specific functions; when receiving an operation to change the target device from the first device to a second one of the plurality of devices via the operation interface, obtaining specifications of the second device, from the second device; obtaining, from the storage, the one or more specific functions used for the sequence of processes contained in the particular process and the setting values for the one or more specific functions; determining whether the second device is capable of performing the particular process executable by the first device if the target device to perform the particular process is changed from the first device to the second device, based on the obtained specifications of the second device, the obtained one or more specific functions and the obtained setting values; controlling the display to display a result of the determination as to whether the second device is capable of performing the particular process; and controlling the display to display one or more devices having a better condition for performing the particular process than the target device even though the target device is capable of performing the particular process, wherein when determining that the second device is uncapable of performing the particular process, causing the display to display a screen having a restoring button and a device re-selection button, the restoring button for selecting the first device and the device re-selection button for selecting another of the plurality of devices.
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June 28, 2022
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